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Patented Deo. 3, 1889.

0. W. BENE.- SASH HOLDER.

(No Model.)

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES w. BENE,

OF BROOKLYN, NE'V YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS T. HAYDEN, OF SAME PLACE.

sAsH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,434, dated December 3, 1889.

Application filed June 1, 1889. Serial No. 312,880. ,(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. BENE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to improvements in that class of sash-holders by which the sash may be held in a secure manner at any desired height in the Window-frame, so as to prevent the rattling or shaking of the sash, it being specially applicable to the windows of railway-cars, carriages, to window-screens, and other purposes in which the hanging of the sash by means of cords and weights is not applicable.

The invention consists of a sash-holder Which comprises an anti-friction roller turning on a ixed pivot, a wedge-shaped slide that is interposed between said roller and the window-casing and supported on a pivoted and spring-actuated heel or iin ger, and a slideplate which engages said wedge-piece and produces the release of the same from the roller, so as to permit the lowering of the sash and the gradual clamping of the wedgepiece'against the joint of the window-casing for fastening the sash. A

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a window-sash with my improved sash-holder applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the sash-holder, drawn on alarger scale and shown as applied to a recess of the sash-frame. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the same with the covering-plate removed; and Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the sashholder, showing the sash-frame in vertical transverse section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a window-sash, the frame A of which is reeessed at one side for the insertion of the sash-holder. The sash-holder is composed of four main parts: an anti-friction roller B, that is loosely placed on a fixed pivot b, supported by the covering-plates B of the sash-holder, a wedgepiece C, a pivoted and spring-actuated heel D, that supports the lower end of the wedge-piece C, and a slide-plate E, which engages, by a transverse slot CZ, a pin d of the Wedge-piece C, and which is guided by slots e on headed pins e of the covering front plate B of the sash-holder. The covering-plates B of the sash-holder are connected by pins b b', the front plate B being extended and attached by screws to the sash -frame, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The wedge-piece C is provided with anelongated face-plate or shoe C', that is preferably made of wood, so as to be replaceable from time to time, said faceplate or shoe producing the frictional contact with the window-casing. The wedgepiece C moves' along the roller B and adjusts the shoe O to any inequalities of the surface of the jamb of the window-casing. The curved heel D is pivoted to one of the connecting-pins b of the supporting-plates B and pressed by the free end of its spiral spring D against the lower edge of the wedgepiece C, while the opposite end of the spring is attached to one of the supporting-plates B. The spring-actuated heel D exert-s a lifting action on the wedge-piece C and holds it in contact with the anti-friction roller B, so as to move the wedge-piece along the same and force it into contact with the jamb of the window-casing. The slide-plate E is guided by its slots e e on the headed pins e of the front plate B and provided with one or more projecting pins or handles f, by which the slide-plate E can be shifted along the pins e e for releasing the Wedge-piece. The pins or handles f are guided in slots f of the front plate B. The pivot-connection of the slideplate E with the wedge-piece O by the slot d and pin d permits the downward shifting of the wedge-piece O against the counterpressure of the spring-actuated heel D whenever the sash is to be lowered. Vhen the sash is lifted, the slide-plateE is not required to be shifted, as by the upward motion of the sash the wedge-piece is moved laterally and its shoe released from contact with the anti-friction roller B, so as to exert no frictionall contact on the jamb of the casing. Vthen the sash arrives at the desired height in the windowcasing and is released, the weight of the same forces, by the action of the anti-friction roller TOO B on the inclined side of the wedge-piece C, the shoe of the latter tightly into frietional contact with the windowcasing, so as to hold thereby the sash securely in place. No vibration of the sash or any downward pressure exerted on the same can produce the release ofthe sash. As the wed ge-piece is forced more and more tightly between the anti-friction roller and the window-casing the greater the pressure, so that the more reliable locking of the sash is produced. For lowering the sash the slide-plate is slightly moved in downward direction, whereby the wedge-piece is withdrawn from the anti-friction roller and moved inwardly away from the casing, so as to give the sash suiiieient play to be lowered.

Then the sash-holder is applied to singlesash windows such as car-windows, carriagewindows, &c.-the slide-plate of the holder is provided wit-l1 one handle only, This oonstruction can also be used, preferably, for the lower sash of an ordinary window, while the holder of the upper sash has to be provided with two handles for facilitating the lowerering of the upper sash. This is accomplished by first lowering the upper sash so that the lower handle of the holder is below the meeting-rail of the lower sash, after which the lower sash is raised entirely1 and thereby access given to the lower handle of the upper sash, which can then be readily lowered. It is obvious that in place of the anti-friction roller turning on a iixed pivot-pin a stationary pivot-pin can be used, but it is preferable to use the roller, as thereby the friction is considerably diminished and the shifting of the wedge-piece toward and away from the jamb 0E the window-casing facilitated.

Having thus described my inventioml claim as new and desire to secu re by Letters Paten tl. A sash-holder composed of a stationary pin having an anti-'friction roller, a wedgepiece sliding` along said roller, a pivoted and spring-actuated heel or finger engaging said wedge-piece, and a slide-plate conncctedto said wedge piece, so as to permit the adjustment of the latter between the roller and the jamb of the window-casing, substantially as set forth.

2. The conllnation ol' two parallel supporting-plates, a stationary pivot-pin provided with an anti-friction roller, a wedge piece guided on said anti-friction roller and having a face-plate or shoe,apivoted and springactuated heel engaging the lower end of the wedge-piece, and a slotted slide-plate provided with a handle or handles and having a slot for engaging a pin of the wedge-piece, so as to produce by the shifting of the slidepla-te the lateral shifting of the wedge-piece and the release of the same from the antifrietion roller and window-casing, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARL 3S lV. BENE.

VVitn esses:

PAUL GOEPEL, W. REIMHERR. 

